GOD 2023 E4 specials

This page lists things that are likely to affect GOD crew, because they're special for this event and change how we normally do things.

This doesn't try to cover everything in the Winds of Fortune: sometimes player ask for information about conjunctions, or about how certain titles or opportunities work. They're things we might be able to help with, but they're not covered here because they don't fundamentally change how GOD processes work.

General event information

This is the Autumn Equinox 385YE. Sunset has been defined to be 19:30--20:30 for in-game purposes.

Character packs

• A Little Note About Lashonar: some players will be getting IC letters in their packs "from their Lashonar assigned heretical pen-pal". In some cases, they may be duplicates of letters the players received last event. If that happens, it's because of OOC logistical errors, and the players can discard the duplicate letter.
• When Spring comes: A Passing Grade:
  • Mitwold fleets that raided the Jotun coasts return with double the returns they were expecting
  • Marcher fleets that are enchanted with Blood and Salt this downtime will receive an additional four additional measures of Tempest Jade ("Blood and Salt will provide two additional ingots of tempest jade to anyone taking the privateering action, or four additional ingots if they participate in the Raid Kalsea's coastline adventure. Merciless Wrath of the Reaver will provide two additional ingots of tempest jade if they undertake independent action, but unlike the normal effect of the ritual the target military unit will also gain the benefits of the ritual if they support a Marcher army.")
• Rimbaud eyes: Goldrush: Some players are expecting League voting bonds in their packs. To view this list, click the "Expand" link in the blue box titled "Eligible Spiral Votes". [TODO: waiting on confirmation about how to handle any problems with these]
• Rimbaud eyes: The Price of Secrets: Urizeni citizens with a resource in Spiral should receive 2 crowns in addition to their usual income, until further notice.
• Glimmers in the Deeps: Mines that were in Imperial Territories at the end of Summer Solstice 385YE are under the influence of Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths produce two additional ingots of base material. This effect does "not" apply to mines located in Liathaven, Brocéliande, or Feroz.
• Shining like fire: Esoteric Algebra: characters with mines located in Temeschwar, Sarvos, Tassato, Holberg, Casinea, and Hahnmark should receive one Vitrified Oculus.
• Dog days are over: A Shortage of Songwrights: Dawnish Troubadours (a character archetype) will be receiving extra income. This only affects players who are troubadours at the start of E4 2023, so there is no way for characters who aren't already troubadours to get the benefit. If a player thinks they should have the benefit (e.g. they think they're playing to the archetype but it's not recorded in the system), raise it with Plot; I have no idea if that's a change we can support.

Character Resources

• Shining like fire: Glimmers in the Deeps:
  • After the Autumn Equinox, any mine owner can diversify their mine for free. This is a downtime action.
  • After the Autumn Equinox, a mine may be upgraded for one wain of mithril fewer than normal. This is a downtime action.
• Shining like fire: Ephemeral Geometries:
  • Players wanting to change their resource to a mana site, for free, should e-mail in to admin@ after the event. We should not do this in GOD.
  • Players wanting to upgrade their basic mana site at a lower price can do so during downtime.
• Dog days are over: The Grand Tour: Dawnish yeofolk with mines, farms, forests and herb gardens can upgrade their resources more cheaply than normal. This is a downtime action.

Magical changes

General ritual changes

• Shining like fire discusses the effects of Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths. This enchantment only affects territories that were Imperial at the end of the Summer Solstice 385YE, i.e. there is no effect on resources located in Liathaven, Brocéliande, or Feroz.
  • Rhythms of the Day: once each day during the Autumn Equinox a merrow can discern magical auras as if casting the detect magic spell.
• Shining like fire: Shimmering Echoes: Any mine enchanted with Revelation of the Jewel's Sparkling Heart during the Autumn Equinox will provide a single deepstone each season for the next year in addition to other benefits. (Green iron = warstones, weltsilver = bloodstones, tempest jade = spellstones, orichalcum = heartstones.)
• Eyes on the Empire: Day rituals cast at a regio (i.e. probably not going to come via GOD) may be able to be cast using two units of weltsilver in place of one unit of crystal mana. See the linked WoF page for the list of rituals; players might be able to use this for some other rituals too – if the players want to try, check with the refs.
• Hierarchs of sea and sky: A Record of Sins: Players might ask that you note that they're shrouded when they record a ritual. If they do, just record that in the ritual notes.
• Various storms and saints:Spirits of Stone: If someone is casting a ritual using the regio, they can ask for a curse. They may come to GOD to process such a ritual for accessibility reasons, rather than using the actual regio. If so, coordinate with the refs to sort out the curse.

Blood and Salt, Merciless Wrath of the Reaver

• When Spring comes: A Passing Grade: Marcher covens or magicians casting the rituals Blood and Salt or Merciless Wrath of the Reaver on Marcher targets have the option to invoke a boon from the eternal Siakha - they must invoke her in the ritual by one of her common names (the Maelstrom; the Empress of Sharks; Schiuma Sanguinosa; the Salt-born Devourer; Mother of Wrecks; Blood-in-the-Water), and inflict at least 1 hit of damage to the ritual target(s) (IC they make the targets bleed). They must also tell the person recording the ritual that they are doing/have done this. Record the fact they they have used this boon in the ritual notes, so that effects can be processed properly after the event. Note also that this is likely to be IC illegal, so don't be loud about it and blow their cover.

Sharp Eyes of the Corsair, Revelation of the Jewel's Sparkling Heart, Eye of the High Places, Eyes of the Sun and Moon

• Shining like fire: Esoteric Algebra: a single Vitrified Oculus provides the equivalent of four crystal mana towards performing any of these rituals.

Drawing the Penumbral Veil, Vale of Shadows, and similar

• Shining like fire: You Cannot Hide: Any attempt to perform these rituals, or rituals with similar effects, with a magnitude of 100 or lower fails immediately. The mana is expended on the attempt to perform the ritual, but there are no effects. If the roleplay has been carried out, the players lose their mana.
• Shining like fire: You Cannot Hide: For the most part, pre-existing Penumbral Veil on Imperial territories and Vales of Shadow have been removed. The exception are those shrouds whose magnitude is greater than 100, were in the territory of Spiral and created with the assistance of Sung, or which were infused with ilium (or otherwise strengthened to the point they became permanent).

Hakima's Glass

• Hierarchs of sea and sky: Crystal Weapons: If someone tries to cast Hakima's Glass on an unribboned wand or similar to get a boon from Kimus, that can only happen at the regio, as it's being managed by the regio refs. If a player needs to do this in GOD for access reasons, get the refs involved so they can coordinate with the regio team appropriately.

Gift of Knowledge

• Hierarchs of sea and sky: The Gift of Knowledge: anyone casting Gift of Knowledge at the regio (i.e. probably not involving us unless there are access issues) may get an additional boon. Because this is being administered by the regio refs, you'll need to pass this off to the ref team to resolve.

EmpireWiki:Cast of the Chain of Memory

• Various storms and saints: Twilight Recollections: Someone casting Cast Off the Chain of Memory can use Gloaming to get an additional effect. This is only possible at the regio; if a player comes to GOD because they can't use the regio (e.g. for access reasons), check with a head of department.

EmpireWiki:Ephisis' Scales

• Various storms and saints: Scales and Thrones: Ephisis' Scales can't be used except for pre-arranged trades. If someone tries to cast the ritual and it's part of a pre-arranged trade that the player should be able to tell you about, carry on as normal. Otherwise, confirm the players know about this – it's not intended to be a trap – and if they still want to go ahead (perhaps casting the ritual is important to make some point?), record the ritual, take the players mana, and give them their original phyreps back.

EmpireWiki:Before the Throne of Estavus

• Various storms and saints: Scales and Thrones: If the casters are Varushkan, check the players know about this Wind – it's not intended to be a trap – and if they still want to go ahead (perhaps casting the ritual is important to make some point?), record the ritual, take the players' mana, and give them their original resources back. If they're not Varushkan, the ritual works as normal.

Character deaths

• Various storms and saints: Scales and Thrones: This provides an option for players of Varushkan characters to kill their characters. From GOD's perspective, this is entirely normal character death processing; the prompt is a player decision rather than, say, a battle going wrong, but the result is the same.